I just wanted to let everyone know I updated the .223/5.56 section of my Ammo Availability page. Its been over 3 months since my last update and I apologize for that. I needed to take a break from the blog but I’m back now and I’ll try to post again on a semi-regular basis.

The good news is, it looks like ammo is a lot more available again. Every single supplier had more options to choose from than 3 months ago. The bad news is, everything appears to have settled in at a price that’s far higher than I had hoped it would be. I hoped that once ammo was becoming available again, prices would come back down a ways and I don’t think that’s going to happen.

I plan to update the rest of the rifle calibers this evening after work, so look for that this later. Hopefully the pistol ammo can get updated in the next day or two as well. As always, let me know if there is another caliber that you would like me to add to the list.

I’ll be honest, its been quite a while since I shopped locally for ammo. I tried for a long time to check every time I was in town at my local shops, but I eventually got sick of checking. The availability hasn’t improved as much as I predicted it would just a few months ago.

Today, after I dropped my fiance off at work at 6am, I decided to get our groceries for the week. The place was deserted and I had a lot of spare time, so I decided to just browse a little. Out of sheer curiosity I walked through the sporting goods section and was surprised to see they had reduced the size of their ammo cabinet by half. One side now contains all the ammo that used to take up both halves, while the other side has been replaced with airsoft guns.

The side that had the ammo was barren and looked like it had been neglected for a while. But there . . . right there on top was fifteen boxes of Tula .223! Not only did they have some .223 but they had my favorite brand. They were only $5.27 a box so I went ahead and bought my limit of 3.

Unfortunately it looked like most other calibers were pretty thin. Each had pretty much one brand to choose from so it looks like Walmart still isn’t the best place to shop for ammo. I would imagine local gun shops have a better selection now but I haven’t checked for a while and probably wont for some time still.

Hopefully I can get back to the range this weekend and blow through what I just bought. I need to get some practice in and now I have some spare ammo to play with. What is the ammo situation in the rest of the country? Is it improving at all or is everyone still forced to buy their stuff online? I’ve been away for far too long so let me know in the comments please.

With all the gun violence and firearm legislation circulating through the media over the past few months, this is a subject that has been beaten to death, revived, and beaten several more times. But I think in one way or another this may have actually been a good thing for gun owners as a whole.

Not only did an increase in national attention draw gun owners out into the open where they had to stand and fight, it also made us realize that we might have to make other plans to deal with unforeseen ammo shortages. Most of the people I know in my area who shoot a lot used to go to the store and buy ammo just a day or two before they intended to use it. You can’t really do that now though because you can’t predict whether or not anything will be on the shelves when you get there.

The only place that gives you access to ammo from everywhere all in one place is the internet. I ran a poll for the past two weeks that asked people whether or not they’ve bought ammo online. If they had bought ammo online, I asked if they had been buying for a long time or if they only recently started.

39 people voted. Of those 39, only 8 indicated that they do not buy ammo online at all. 16 of those who did buy ammo online said they had been for a while, but 15 chose the option “I started buying online in just the past few months”. To me (looking at my small survey and talking to people around me) this shows that the amount of people buying online has almost doubled in just the past few months.

Is this a good thing? Maybe. But it could also be a bad thing. With the ever increasing popularity of online shopping, many small businesses have suffered tremendously. Every customer who buys online is a customer who could’ve possibly bought local. At the same time however, online retailers are probably feeling some pretty positive effects, and for the past few months, have been the only ones with ammo.

“So what’s the point of this post” you ask. While I think being able to buy online is a great luxury, we don’t want to become a nation of people afraid to go shopping in actual stores. We also don’t want to cause our local businesses and communities to suffer. So keep it in balance. Support all parts of the firearms industry, not just one. If one of America’s largest industries stays strong and healthy it’ll be that much harder to take down.

Over at Gunmart Blog, they’ve always been good to me. From pretty early on they started linking to posts of mine in their Daily Firearms News updates. I think they played a huge part in getting my search rank up to where it is now. In fact, they’ve referred 953 (as of this post) views to my blog since I started, making them second only to Google Search.

When I heard that they had launched a new website specifically for their “Daily Firearm News” I had to spread the word. The website is called The Gun Feed. Over on the new website they will be providing links to firearm news, articles, videos, reviews, and more, from every part of the web.

Go give it a look. I’m sure you’ll find something over there worth reading or watching.

Every caliber of ammunition over on my Ammo Availability page is now up to date. It took a long time and I apologize for that, but hopefully it was worth the wait.

As I was changing the in-stock numbers I noticed that almost everything had improved. 9mm ammo in particular saw a huge increase in availability from last month. Several websites had more than doubled their previous inventory. Not only that but 50 Action Express is now available on at least 3 websites for a combined 8 options. That’s significantly better that previous updates.

On another note, I want to thank all of my subscribers for their continued support. Even while I’ve been away from the blog, moving into our apartment, I’ve continued to gain followers. I’m up to 80 now and that’s pretty cool to me. I never thought anything I said or wrote was worth listening to or reading, but you’ve all proven me wrong.

I know my posts aren’t always that interesting and sometimes I don’t post at all, but knowing that people like to read what I have to say motivates me to keep going and improving. Its been a fun 7 months and I’m looking forward to many more to come. Thanks.

Hello once again! As promised I’ve updated the rifle calibers (.223/5.56, 7mm Rem Mag, 7.62×39, 7.62×54, and 22lr) over on my Ammo Availability page to show a current list of what’s available around the web. I was surprised to see that almost every website had an increase in stock levels. The only caliber that has yet to see much of an increase is 22lr.

On a related note I’m moving into the apartment tomorrow; If all goes well with unpacking and furniture moving I should have the pistol calibers updated as well. Of course that is dependent on Comcast showing up to hook up my TV and internet service . . .

To celebrate, lets all sit back and watch some of Russia’s most historic people battle it out in another Epic Rap Battle of History!

I just wanted to let everyone know that my Ammo Availability page is coming along pretty nicely. It now contains links for .223/5.56, 7.62×39, .50 AE, .45 ACP, and 9mm Luger. I’m going to work on the others throughout this evening so before the day is up I’ll have a few more. Once the basic formatting and layout is complete for each caliber, I’ll start more actively updating the “in stock” options.

Overall I’m happy with how this is going to be set up and I think it will save me a considerable amount of time. If you have any comments or suggestions regarding the formatting of the new page, please let me know. I would also appreciate it if anyone can find errors in the links or anchors. I do my best to check everything before I update the page but I’m bound to miss something.